Joey Jordan Makes It Better

Joey Jordan opened a GoFundMe page to raise money to mount a legal battle to free his 17 year old cousin Sarah from a gay conversion camp in east Texas.

After Sarah and her girlfriend went to the prom together, Sarah's parents snatched her up and locked her away to be held for a year in isolation from her previous world in a Christian "boarding" facility where counselors would pray the gay away with their own brand of "reparative" therapy.

Happy to report, earlier today, Sarah was released. Details aren't known, so she might not be completely out of the woods, but it seems to be a promising improvement.

The Sordid Timeline of NDAA 2017 in the House

May 18, 2016

Republicans inserted a late night revision of the NDAA, reversing Obama's executive order which bans discrimination against LGBT employees by federal contractors.

May 19, 2017

Democrats introduce the Mahoney amendment to ban federal funding for contractors that discriminate against LGBT Americans. (This would leave it anti-discrimination.)

Voting begins.

The voting clock reaches 0:00 with the tally at 217 to 206 (passing the discrimination ban).

Whispered instructions from off stage held voting open.

(By the Republicans' own rules, the presiding officer could ask if any members wished to change their votes. If so, the voting machines would be shut down, and waffling members would go to the front of the chamber to switch their votes. That didn't happen.)

The tally begins to shift, reflecting secretly changing votes.

Democrats cry out "Shame!"

The tally reaches 213 to 212, voting is immediately shut down, leaving legally protected discrimination.

You can read more in The Washington Post.

James Dobson's Expository Wisdom

James Dobson has wielded his razor-sharp hermeneutical sword, slicing through the cultural void between Moses and us.

“It’s addressed directly to parents, I think. It’s Leviticus 19:29. Listen to this: ‘Do not degrade your daughters by making them a prostitute or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.’ That comes right to the heart of this. It sort of feels like that’s where we are. We’re taking our little, vulnerable kids and we’re saying in the name of political correctness, ‘Here are our children. Do with them what you want.’ And I’m here to say that I’m going to fight that as long as I have breath in my body.”

Doesn't that put the whole transgender bathroom debate into perspective? If people are allowed to use their chosen toilets, our daughters will become prostitutes.

If The Wittenburg Door were still in print, this would surely have garnered a Green Weenie Award, possibly the coveted Theologian of the Year.

RightWingWatch has an article reporting this and a few other gems from an episode of Dobson's "Family Talk" radio show with Janet Porters of Faith 2 Action.

Honduran rights activist Rene Martinez murdered

in Honduras, LGBT rights activist Rene Martinez has been found dead, days after he was kidnapped outside his home.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/06/05/honduras-gay-rights-activist-kidnapped-and-murdered/

It still needs to get better...

Yes, it gets better. The "it gets better" campaign is a wonderful and encouraging for the LGBT community. This blog is not meant to counter it or detract from it in any way.

I frequently encounter attitudes like "You can get married. Everybody is OK with LGBT people. We don't care. Why are still making noise and complaining?"

This blog will collect posts that speak to those attitudes.